YPSILANTI — In July, Lincoln Consolidated Schools was exploring
contracting with a private vendor for custodial and maintenance services, and
passed a budget that required $1.2 million in savings those areas, according to
The Ann Arbor News.

Due to a combination of lower-than-expected costs in operating
the district’s buildings and grounds, and late-hour union concessions, the
district chose to keep the work in-house. The district signed a one-year
collective bargaining agreement with its custodial union.

The district may look to contract privately for the 2009 fiscal
year, depending on state school aid spending.

Reference: The Ann Arbor
News, "Lincoln school district delays decision on privatization," June 16, 2007